Tarpon Springs -
"Young World Travelers and the Magical Crystal Globe" is an educational children's book written by a Florida gift shop owner and Greek-American author Demetra Travaris-Lecourezos. It was co-created by Constantinos "Gus" Lecourezos.

New York -
Nationwide, overdose rates are increasing at an alarming rate. In some states, overdose deaths have surpassed traffic accidents as the leading cause of accidental death. As the death toll rises, many are asking what can be done to combat this trend.

New York -
Through my love of hip-hop, I've met some pretty amazing and interesting people along the way. Queens rapper, G-Code420, has been a friend for about two years now. He is a man with a vision, a dream, and one of the most unique styles I've heard.

New York -
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family, whose private investment group owns Manchester City in England's Premier League, is now in the final negotiations to own a franchise of Major League Soccer in Queens, New York.

The family of an unarmed soldier shot to death by the NYPD on a Queens highway last year has filed a legal motion to sue the NYPD and the city after a grand jury decided not to indict the officer on manslaughter charges.

New York -
The victim in last night's subway shove death in Queens, New York has been identified as Indian immigrant Sunando Sen. Sen's death makes it the second NYC subway shove death to happen in December.

Breezy Point -
Many tri-state area residents experienced tremendous hardship after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the region. If the injury hadn't been damaging enough, now some residents are dealing with looters.

The manhunt for a violent ex-convict who police said fatally shot a Nassau County police officer during a traffic stop and an innocent motorist, ended early yesterday evening with his capture in Queens.

Noel Polanco, the 22 year-old unarmed National Guardsman shot dead on a Queens highway early yesterday morning was slain by a member of an elite NYPD tactical unit. The Queens District Attorney's Office has also announced a probe into the incident.

A police boat belonging to the Port Authority police department sank in the waters of Jamaica Bay off of Queens during a training exercise. Nearly a dozen officers on board the vessel had to be evacuated to safety though no injuries were reported.

New York -
Two off-duty NYPD officers were arrested in two separate drunk driving incidents this past Friday morning in Brooklyn and Queens. One officer suffered minor injuries in the incident. Both have been suspended from the police force by NYPD supervision.

New York -
Two young brothers are dead after a fast moving fire ripped through their Queens home this morning. FDNY said they were on scene within 3 min of receiving the alarm but it was to late to save the boys lives.

The idyllic Descanso Gardens in LaCanada/Flintridge, California, is searching for former camellia queens and princesses from the 1950s, who reigned over the elaborate pageantry of its winter-blooming flower festival.

“Beat your wife if she is not obedient”: A man believes in this wisdom and has beaten his wife mercilessly for more than 15 straight hours. He thinks she was "like a dog" and she should be treated like an animal.

In what is being called a "bizarre" attack that lasted for two hours, a machete-wielding attacker hit 45 year old man in the head, climbed onto a rooftop in Queens and started lobbing Molotov cocktails below, setting a police car on fire.